Author : E. Lynne Wright
Publisher : Globe Pequot
ISBN 13 : 9780762778546
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (785 download)
Book Synopsis Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Florida History by : E. Lynne Wright
Download or read book Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Florida History written by E. Lynne Wright and published by Globe Pequot. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary–if misunderstood–thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative, books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Florida History features more than a dozen short biographies of nefarious characters, from the misguided Dr. Frederick Weedon, the physician who treated the great Muskegee warrior Osceola during his captivity, to Lewis Powell, John Wilkes Booth’s Florida co-conspirator.